Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07

John Grimes. the husband OF Mrs.
Grimes, whose death was announced few
days ago died this morning at s O'Clock.
The c.u lie had been married only six
weeks when typhoid fever took them both.
There are number OF new cases oi
typhoid fever in town. two new cases were
admitted to the Hospital to-day and two
more will be received in the morning.
There are at least fourteen cases in town.
The Anaconda public schools opened
to-day with q very large increase in the
attendance
Next Saturday will be the regular pay
day Of the Anaconda company.
A Benton Budget.
FORT BENTON, September 6.-lSpecial
to The Miner by Rocky Mountain Tele-
graph. 1.-The River Press says editorially
this afternoon: From our dispatches to-
day, it will be seen that Lewis and Clarke
County has awakened to the Importance
OF retaining her territory which the pro-
moters of the Cascade scheme want to
slice of for the use and benefit of the new
county. It has suddenly been discovered
that she would lose some of her most
desirable agriculturalland along the valley
Of the Missouri and it's tributaries, also
fifty five miles OF the Montana Central rail-
road would pass out Of her hands. repre-
senting q loss of nearly 100000 OF rs.
sesssable property, which added to the
$500, 900 OF other property would make
one million of assessable property that
she would drop in the deal. Meagher
County would get the lash to the tune ol
$500. 900 of assessable property and the
relirquishment of thirty.fve townships ol
the most desirable agricultural. mineral
and coal lands within her boarders
Choteau County would lose 5000, 600 oi
assessable property and fifteen townships
of her best land. The fifteen townships
she would lose have
TWENTY MILES OF THE MANITOBA
Railroad running diagonally through them.
Ten of those townships have just been
reached by the Teton Irricating canal, and
nine.tenths of it is not susceptible OF a high
state of cultivation by means OF irrigation
She would lose the town OF Great Falls
which, for the two years OF its existence
has been nothing but an expense to the coun
w.. NOW, Just as the railroad is being built
and some revenue might be derived from
| that section they ask to be cut loose from
the mother county which has nourished
them. Deducting the 100000 that shs
would lose direct. not to count the loss o
prospective taxable property, and deduct
| 1000, 900 for 50 per cent. OF the CATTLE
loss last winter, would leave only $1,000,
900 assessable property, taking last year,
assess nents. The claim that the loss thu
sustained would be more than offset by
200 miles of railroad property within tn
county limits, is not sustained by facts.
| THE TRUTH IS
that twelve miles northeast OF Benton tn
line of the reservation is reached and tn
railroad from there to the line Of Dakot'
ia on Indian lands. It is claimed to be I
question whether it can be made to pa.
taxes on that part OF the road in tn
limits of the reservation and there is NJ
doubt but that it would successfully resis
the tax collector. This would leave oni
about twenty-sx miles of the road With
the limits of Choteau county that woul
nav taxes without resistance. The quef
tiop as to whether the reservation will
thrown open this winter is by no mean
settled: ia fact it is extremely doubtful sine
it is known that the terms OF the treat
with the Indians is not satisfactory t
officers OF the Interior Department
} well as
EASTERN PHILANTHRoPIsTs
who have great influence in Congress
Should this reservation not be thrown ope
to settlement this winter, how long it vi
remain closed to settlers, no one can Tor
see. We have seen what would be takt
away from Choteau County by the creatle
of Cascade. Now let US see what she wou
: have left? Fort Benton and q very sms
area of country, and that very sparse
settled. The remainder is all unsettl
reservation, on which no settler can local
g This immense Territory has to b police
e and it's criminals, who are numeror
! brought to justice. This is a consta1
a source of expense to the county, and y
II produces no revenue. II, along with Il
populous tax paying proportion OF Chote'
0 County, Cas cade could ard would rea
s out and divide that Indian reservati'
= with Choteau, there might be somespark
JUSTICE IN HER DEMANDS
10 for q separate county government. b
she wants to take the revenue paying d
tricts and leave Cboteau with those tn
are a constant source Of expense. Ci
y teau is forced to keep an unproducti
, territory, build roads over it and prot'
d it from criminals, while ''foreign" corr
10 ration is trying to take. away from
le that small settled portion which she
y been years in accommodating In the expr
o. sive language of gentleman OF sport
IN proclivities, we have been twenty ye'
N entering up. and now, lust as we are rea
o' to rake in nice lack pot along con
y the Great Falls Water Power and Townt
ID Company with pair OF deuces and tr'
to rake it all in on dead bluff.
The Road 10 Coming Rapidly.
BENTON, September 5.-[Spec;al to
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